krisann - reviewed on 12/8/2012 + 76 more book reviews

I found the lengthy descriptions daunting and did very little to get me closer to the characters. Edwards writes each character's approach to every task and interaction with such flowery wording at an attempt of introspection and depth and falls so short at painting a picture of meaningful characters caught up in something bigger than themselves in my opinion. She writes of anger between the characters that has grown as a result of one lie after another, but the characters are so predictable, so lacking in the depth she tries to convey with her wordiness that you see them more as clueless rather than complex. I found myself thinking that if the characters were so introspective, than why can't they open up more or figure out why the others are distant. In the end I found their introspection a forced tactic to write something deep.

I guess I felt the book lacked substance, but was heavy on circumstance and predictable characters. For being titled "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" the author sure did focus much more on the 'memory keeper' and his family and far less on his daughter and I think that would have made for a much stronger storyline because Caroline's anger, doubt, frustration and turmoil is much more believeable than that of the other character's.

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